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• Childcare providers welcome £400m funding but say more support needed

  29-11-2023 10:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Nurseries and providers welcome a rise in funding rates but say demand could soon outstrip capacity.
  
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• Ofsted seen as toxic and schools should self-evaluate, says inquiry

  20-11-2023 11:25 via bbc.co.uk
  A report says Ofsted is seen as "toxic" and inspectors should not have direct contact with schools.
  
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• Ipswich school says gender toolkit criticised by Conservative MP not a learning tool

  10-11-2023 09:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Tom Hunt says a diagram called "The Genderbread Person" could have "dangerous consequences".
  
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• Conversion therapy ban not included in King's Speech

  07-11-2023 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Legislation first promised in 2018 still 'being considered' after months of speculation over ban.
  
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• Same-sex parents describe feeling 'judged'

  07-11-2023 06:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two couples tell the BBC about the joys and struggles of having children in a same-sex partnership.
  
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• Parenting: Helping young dads to challenge stereotypes

  07-11-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They're often seen as "dangerous, feckless and disinterested", but one charity's trying to change that.
  
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• One in 10 mothers with under-fours quit work over childcare, says charity

  06-11-2023 08:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A quarter of a million mothers with children under four have left their jobs, the Fawcett Society says.
  
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• The farm at an inner city Birmingham school

  06-11-2023 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Collecting the eggs and tending to goats are part of an average day for Handsworth primary pupils.
  
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• Poorer children could get school choice priority

  04-11-2023 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The plans aim to balance out the percentage of pupils on free school meals in secondary schools.
  
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• University graduates may be better off staying in Wales, company says

  03-11-2023 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lower wages may be offset by lower living costs, says firm trying to halt brain drain to London.
  
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• Bedford students given £3.6k to help with university costs

  03-11-2023 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  University student Kezia-Rose says £3.6K from the Bedford-based Harpur Trust has helped them.
  
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• Miscarriages led to years of loneliness for mum before baby

  02-11-2023 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hawys Barrett waited "month by month" for fertility treatment to work before having a son.
  
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• 'I'll still be paying my student loan off at 60'

  02-11-2023 11:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scottish graduates are seeing their student loan debt rising at a rate of 6.25% a year.
  
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• Stephen Hawking's daughter gives keynote speech at school

  02-11-2023 07:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lucy Hawking gives a speech to pupils in Cambridge on creating a better world for the future.
  
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• Northern Ireland teacher pay: No extra money for rise, says department

  02-11-2023 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NI teachers have not had a pay rise in nearly three years and get less than their GB counterparts.
  
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• Cornell University student held over threats to Jewish classmates

  02-11-2023 02:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors say Patrick Dai threatened to shoot Jewish students at the prestigious New York university.
  
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• Bereaved families welcome move to block suicide forum

  01-11-2023 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bereaved families had asked internet providers to block the forum, following a BBC investigation.
  
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• St Ives teachers to strike over 'heavy handed' policies

  01-11-2023 07:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Union reps say "draconian" behaviour rules undermine teachers' authority.
  
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• 'Most of our friends use AI in schoolwork'

  31-10-2023 03:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Young Reporters Theo and Ben look at how teenagers use AI like ChatGPT to spruce up their schoolwork.
  
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• Cornell University boosts security after antisemitic threats

  30-10-2023 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The FBI has been alerted over online posts that used slurs about Jewish students at the New York college.
  
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• Malmesbury Primary School may have to turn down £6m donation

  30-10-2023 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir James Dyson says he has "battled" to be able to give the money to the school.
  
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• Raac: Durham school pupils return to face-to-face teaching

  30-10-2023 07:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Since September, St Leonards' pupils have mixed online learning with some days at school.
  
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• Kenya's school floggings: The children suffering from a hidden epidemic

  30-10-2023 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Africa Eye investigates an increase in severe and sometimes deadly beatings at Kenyan schools.
  
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• Caldicot school parents worry as teachers strike

  28-10-2023 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff have staged two walkouts since September saying there is a failure to address violence.
  
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• Bela bill: South Africans face jail if children not in school

  27-10-2023 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parliament passes the biggest education reform since the end of apartheid in 1994.
  
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• More disadvantaged students go for top uni courses

  26-10-2023 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ucas says it is 'encouraging', but the Sutton Trust charity says the advantage gap has 'hardly shifted'
  
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• Children in Sussex and Surrey housed illegally amid care shortage

  26-10-2023 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC investigation has found councils in Sussex and Surrey are using unregulated accommodation.
  
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• Student maintenance loans almost entirely used up by rent, report warns

  26-10-2023 02:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The average cost of university accommodation in England is almost level with the average maintenance loan.
  
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• Class sizes grow to keep up with GCSE resits

  25-10-2023 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colleges say lower grades and more teenagers mean they are struggling to cope with compulsory resits.
  
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• Parents have right to see sex education content, says minister

  24-10-2023 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Education Secretary Gillian Keegan tells schools copyright is no barrier to viewing sex education material.
  
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• Edinburgh University failing over sexual misconduct complaints - students

  24-10-2023 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC has learned Edinburgh University still employs a lecturer who was investigated for harassment.
  
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• Northern Ireland: Young asylum seekers face restricted access to education

  23-10-2023 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland lags behind the rest of the UK in offering education to young asylum seekers.
  
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• BSL: Parents of deaf children in Wales urge free signing lessons

  23-10-2023 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands sign a petition calling for free British Sign Language lessons.
  
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• The Peckham primary school where most children are homeless

  23-10-2023 06:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The large majority of pupils at a south London primary school are homeless, its head teacher says.
  
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• Kota: Stricter rules for India student hub after suicides

  23-10-2023 02:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Young people from across India go to the city of Kota for tuition to help them pass entrance exams to elite colleges.
  
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• Newcastle student union warns of Rental Reform bill 'chaos'

  21-10-2023 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Renters Reform Bill "no-fault" eviction ban could cause chaos in student housing, it warns.
  
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• Cardiff University Students' Union bans blue shirts and chinos

  20-10-2023 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ban comes after "dangerous behaviour" by a group of students on a Students' Union club night.
  
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• Minimum staff levels demanded in school strikes

  20-10-2023 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Education Secretary Gillian Keegan writes to teaching unions to discuss the proposals.
  
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• 'My BTec course is being scrapped for T-levels'

  19-10-2023 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government wants to streamline post-16 education, but colleges say some students could be left behind.
  
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• Strict school is breaching human rights, say parents

  19-10-2023 07:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parents say discipline at a Lincolnshire school is damaging children's mental health and education.
  
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• University of Bradford tops list for social mobility for third year

  19-10-2023 02:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The league table measures the change in a graduate's socio-economic situation.
  
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• School strike date named after pay offer rejected

  18-10-2023 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unison said its members will walk out in Glasgow City, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde.
  
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• New youth gender services further delayed

  18-10-2023 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The replacement services for the Tavistock Centre will now not open until next year.
  
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• When is the deadline to apply for primary schools?

  18-10-2023 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The application rules and deadlines for 2024 primary school places vary across the UK.
  
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• Care leavers: Number facing homelessness rises by a third

  18-10-2023 09:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Data shows a rise in young people being assessed as homeless, or threatened with homelessness, after leaving care
  
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• Digital exams to be introduced within years - AQA

  17-10-2023 04:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moving to digital exams should occur "in an evolutionary, not revolutionary, way", the exam board says.
  
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• University of Cambridge student says his success is due to a pupil referral unit

  17-10-2023 03:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  George Baldock says amazing teachers at a pupil referral unit got him into the University of Cambridge.
  
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• More Scottish school strikes after union rejects pay offer

  16-10-2023 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unison say there will be a rolling programme of strikes after members rejected a new pay deal.
  
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• Maths pupil stripped of GCSE amid cheating claim

  16-10-2023 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The student asked about a question he found online while revising - which came up in his exam.
  
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• Rallies for Palestine, Israel create tense scene at US universities

  16-10-2023 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Simultaneous rallies supporting Israel and Palestine caused a tense scene at Columbia University.
  
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